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1 online resource (467 p.) |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Familiar with the Nonprofit Framework -- Chapter 1 Journeying into the World of Nonprofit Organizations -- What Is a Nonprofit Organization? -- Comparing for-profits to nonprofits -- Introducing the coveted 501(c)(3) status for nonprofits -- Knowing Your Mission Before Entering the Nonprofit World -- Setting up a nonprofit -- Making plans and being flexible -- Embracing and Sharing Your Inspiration -- Finding the Resources to Do the Job -- Who is giving to nonprofit organizations? -- Supporting your mission with fundraising -- Chapter 2 Understanding What It Takes to Start a Nonprofit -- Weighing the Pros and Cons of Starting a Nonprofit -- Doing Your Homework First -- Analyzing the competition -- Identifying the right people to help you -- Figuring out how you'll survive financially -- Acknowledging the reality of what's ahead -- Planning, plotting, and projecting -- Understanding Nonprofit Ownership -- Benefiting the public for the greater good -- Being accountable and transparent -- Looking at the Many Varieties of Nonprofits -- Identifying nonprofits by their numbers -- Adding rules and regulations to add to your file -- Comparing Nonprofits and For-Profits -- How they're alike -- How they differ -- Using a Fiscal Sponsor: An Alternative Approach -- Examining common details of a fiscal sponsorship relationship -- Finding a fiscal sponsor -- Chapter 3 Prioritizing Building Your Board of Directors -- Appreciating the Duties of a Nonprofit Board of Directors -- Primary role: Preserving public trust -- Secondary role: Dealing with planning, hiring, and other board tasks -- Sharing responsibilities among the board, staff, and volunteers |
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Recruiting the Right People for Your Board -- Incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion in the board's composition -- Keeping it fresh: Terms of service -- Big boards or little boards -- Choosing officers and committees -- Introducing new and prospective members to the board and the organization -- Putting Staff Members on Your Board -- Using Your Board to Full Capacity -- Encouraging commitment from board members -- Holding effective board meetings -- Chapter 4 Creating Your Mission Statement and Vision Statement -- Honing Your Mission Statement -- Keeping your mission statement short and sweet -- Stating your mission - the goal for services -- Specifying who will be served by the nonprofit -- Explaining how you'll accomplish your mission -- Incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into your mission statement -- Imagining Your Future with a Vision Statement -- Capturing your vision statement -- Asking "Where are we going?" and "Why?" -- Inviting Stakeholders to the Planning Table -- Encouraging and embracing stakeholder input -- Working together to finalize your statements -- Living by Your Mission and Staying Fixed on the Vision -- Chapter 5 Incorporating and Applying for Tax-Exemption Status -- Creating a New Entity: The Nonprofit Corporation -- Following your state's or territory's laws -- Understanding the required governing documents -- Deciding whether to have members in your corporation -- Finding the best name -- Writing the Articles of Incorporation -- Crafting a heading -- Article I -- Article II -- Article III -- Article IV -- Article V -- Article VI -- Article VII -- Article VIII -- Signed, sealed, and delivered -- Securing Your Employer Identification Number (EIN) -- Writing Your Organization's Bylaws -- Holding Your First Board Meeting -- Applying for Tax Exemption -- Tackling Form 1023 online |
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Discerning between public charities and private foundations -- Establishing public charity status -- Describing your activities -- Reporting salaries and conflicts of interest -- Dealing with financial information -- Collecting the other materials -- Paying the fee -- Navigating possible contribution barriers until tax-exemption status is approved -- Chapter 6 Adhering to Nonprofit Status Requirements -- Disclosing What You Need to Disclose -- What you do need to show -- What you don't need to show -- Using the web to satisfy disclosure requirements -- Avoiding Excessive Payments and Politicking -- Determining reasonable pay and benefits -- Using caution when getting involved in politics -- Why all the fuss? Understanding the increased scrutiny by the IRS -- Reporting to the IRS -- Filing Form 990-N -- Taking it easy with the Form 990-EZ return -- Tackling the long Form 990 -- Getting your Form 990 to the IRS -- Reporting to Your State, Territory, and Local Governments -- Part 2 Bringing Your A-Game to Nonprofit Management -- Chapter 7 From the Top: Examining the Nonprofit Management Structure -- Managing a Nonprofit: A Bird's-Eye View -- Appreciating the Governing Board's Role and Responsibilities -- Understanding the board's management oversight duties -- Protecting your board from liability -- Redefining the Nonprofit Founder's Role -- Adding an Advisory Board -- Expanding to Take On an Executive Director -- Chapter 8 Strategic Planning: Embracing the Ongoing Process -- Understanding the Importance of Planning -- Making Your Organization's Strategic Plan -- Getting ready -- Working with your nonprofit's mission and vision statements -- Hearing from all your stakeholders -- Surveying the external situation -- Looking at the internal situation -- Calling in the SWOT team -- Putting the plan in writing -- Adjusting your strategic plan when necessary |
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Putting Plans into Action -- Defining and setting goals, objectives, strategies, and outcomes -- Creating a work plan -- Planning for Programs -- Working as a team -- Assessing needs -- Brainstorming the resources needed to implement new programs -- Facility Planning: Finding a Place to Do Your Work -- How much space and of what kind? -- Location, location, location -- Owning, leasing, or taking a free ride -- Making a move -- Deciding to take on a capital project -- Chapter 9 Evaluating Your Work: Are You Meeting Your Goals? -- Knowing the Importance of Evaluation -- Working Through the Evaluation Process -- Selecting the right kind of evaluation -- Planning for evaluation -- Crafting valuable questions -- Choosing evaluators: Inside or outside? -- Conducting Your Evaluation -- Analyzing Results and Putting Them to Work -- Interpreting results -- Using your evaluation to strengthen your work -- Telling the truth -- Sharing the evaluation results with your stakeholders -- Chapter 10 You Can Count on Me! Working with Volunteers -- Knowing Why People Volunteer -- Designing a Volunteer Program -- Considering a volunteer coordinator -- Determining your need for volunteers -- Writing volunteer job descriptions -- Organizing volunteers -- Hunting for Volunteers -- Getting the word out -- Looking for volunteers at other organizations -- Finding volunteers with special skills -- Hiring interns -- Interviewing and Screening Volunteers -- Managing Your Volunteers -- Providing adequate training -- Keeping good records -- Insuring your volunteers -- Saying farewell to bad volunteers -- Showing Appreciation for Your Volunteers -- Chapter 11 Working with Paid Staff and Contractors -- Determining Your Staffing Needs -- Getting Your Nonprofit Ready for Paid Employees -- Developing your personnel policies -- Exploring payroll setup options |
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Providing benefits and perquisites -- Preparing to Hire -- Composing a job description -- Considering necessary qualifications -- Establishing nonprofit salary levels -- Announcing the position -- Making the Hire -- Looking at résumés -- Interviewing candidates -- Digging deeper with references -- Making your decision -- Onboarding a New Hire -- Confirming employment terms in writing -- Getting your new hire started on the job -- Evaluating your new hire's progress -- Looking to the future: Creating a professional development plan -- Managing Employees -- Recognizing what a manager or supervisor does -- Clarifying the lines of communication -- Following the reprimand-and-dismissal process -- Working with Independent Contractors -- Differentiating an independent contractor from an employee -- Establishing the roles for independent contractors -- Finding a consultant: Ask around -- Interviewing consultants -- Developing and executing the contract -- Chapter 12 Money Matters: Preparing Budgets and Financial Reports -- Making a Budget = Having a Plan -- Beginning with zero -- Defining a good budget -- Budgeting based on your history -- Understanding and isolating general administrative and fundraising costs -- Accounting for in-kind contributions -- Creating Budgets for Programs or Departments -- Working Frequently with Your Budget -- Projecting Cash Flow -- Constructing your cash flow projection -- Deciding what to do if you don't have enough -- Borrowing to make ends meet -- Putting money away to make a nonprofit strong -- Keeping Your Books Organized and Up to Date -- Differentiating the various accounting systems -- Considering accounting software or an accountant -- Reviewing the Numbers: Financial Statements and Audits -- Preparing financial statements -- Seeing the value of an audit -- Knowing whether you need an audit |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hutton, Stan
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Phillips, Frances N
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| ISBN |
9781119835738 |
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1119835739 |
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